"A proud heart can survive general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone."
"But he was not the man to go about telling his neighbors that he was in error. And so people said he had no respect for the gods of the clan. His enemies said that his good fortune had gone to his head." -Okonkwo
"'Beware Okonkwo!' she warned. 'Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!'" -Ezaeani
"The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart." -Okonkwo
"It is an abomination for aman to take his own life. It is an offense against the Earth, and a man who commits it will not be buried by his clansmen. His body is evil, and only strangers may touch it. That is why we ask yourpeople to bring him down, because you are strangers." -Obierika
"And let me tell you one thing, my friend. If I were you I would have stayed home. What you have done will not please the Earth. It is the kind ofaction for which the goddess wipes out whole families." -Obierika
Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men usually had. He did not inherit a barnfrom his father. There was no barn to inherit.
Quotes and Proverbs
"A proud heart can survive general failure because such a failure does not prick its pride. It is more difficult and more bitter when a man fails alone."
"But he was not the man to go about telling his neighbors that he was in error. And so people said he had no respect for the gods of the clan. His enemies said that his good fortune had gone to his head." -Okonkwo
"'Beware Okonkwo!' she warned. 'Beware of exchanging words with Agbala. Does a man speak when a god speaks? Beware!'" -Ezaeani
"The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with his religion. We were amused at his foolishness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart." -Okonkwo
"It is an abomination for aman to take his own life. It is an offense against the Earth, and a man who commits it will not be buried by his clansmen. His body is evil, and only strangers may touch it. That is why we ask yourpeople to bring him down, because you are strangers." -Obierika
"And let me tell you one thing, my friend. If I were you I would have stayed home. What you have done will not please the Earth. It is the kind ofaction for which the goddess wipes out whole families." -Obierika
Okonkwo did not have the start in life which many young men usually had. He did not inherit a barnfrom his father. There was no barn to inherit.
"And how is my daughter, Ezinma?" -Chielo